It's one of the worst feelings in the world.
There's this friend of mine I care about so much. We're not that close, I guess. At least I feel he doesn't really feel that way about me. But I like him a lot, he's a strong person despite the pain he has to endure...

Sometimes i feel bad that am the way i am. I always feel low and only pretend to be happy. Im not satisfied with my life. I feel like i will never be appy. What does it take to be happy. Im not satisfied with my life. What does it take to be happy? I try and see the positive...

After going through school (i dont care what people say, its by far the worst years of your life) and being bullied all the way through i was broken down to feel im nothing which made me feel empty. after a while depression is all i knew. now i have nothing much to be depressed...

sometimes i feel like i might be a bit helpless in life but im grateful that there is this site & grateful that there is a god i can pray too so i thank god & jesus even if i feel down or depressed at least i know theres some one i can look up to when i...

Every day I hear about children suffering, people losing their homes, etc.
I'm sick and weak, I can't even go on a small hike without throwing up...but I can donate..not much, but it's all my have.
If my dying meant saving the world, I'd be scared, but I would do it.

I hate feeling helpless because that means i have to seek help from others.i want to be independent.well,i didn't mean it fully since we are social animals.but i hate to be dependent on others.it makes me feel fussy & like a parasite.i get this feeling when especially i get some...

in august last year I found out that I needed surgery at that moment I felt helpless, like I had no control of my own life, and things from there only got worse I spent every week at a doctor’s office or hospital or calling the doctors or hospital I still felt...

It wasn't rape, but it wasn't consensual either. We had been dating for about a month. I was 16, he was 18. It was summer and we were at my house one day. My mother was away. It was a conversation we had already had a few times before. "I'm...

when i was 18 i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Now I have a nine year old brother. I feel helpless because i can not do the things he is doing. I can't stand the fact that i am different. I am the only one in my family with a mental illness. I...

as I no you are feeling down and I no if I was there for you in person it would all be ok. My promise to you is that one day I will be there for you in person and support you like I wish I could now as I no you no I am available to get in contact with whenever you need me as you...

Two years ago my girlfriend Marie was attacked late at night outside a railway station. She had gone to help a young woman who was being verbally abused by two men, one of whom Marie vaguely recognised as a former pupil at her school and who turned out to be the woman’s...

I am 41 yrs old, I have 7 kids with another one on the way, my husband lost his job and after 2 years of looking he finally found one making almost what he made on unemployment, we can afford our bills, I'm afraid we will lose our home & end up in shelters, we have no-one to help...

My youngest daughter is hospitalized for a second time within a month. She is battling suicidal thoughts, depression, cutting, and an eating disorder. I received a phone call at work Saturday at 5:15 from a friend of hers telling me she was talking about hurting herself. I...

i can handle this **** anymore it starting to become overwhelmed my sister the last close family member i have left is seriously ill and in hospital without me in ireland my boyfriend become depressed i still saving money to come back but the more depress his becomes the more...

when someone has made a terrible mistake and I want to shake them.
This girl I went to school with and used to be friends with, but we grew apart because she was just a little bit... too wild for my tastes, is pregnant.
Now this happens all the time and it wouldn't have...

I feel so helpless. I can not any lesbian friends or even bisexual friends in my town. I am tired of being alone. For the last five years, I have had trouble being happy or around other people. It helped a little when I got a boyfrieend with a wife who join in the bed room fun me...

I find myself paralized. I cant send out a resume, or go to the gym, or the grocery store.While working on my masters degree, and taking care of a family, I had to put my mother in a nursing home, and she died two years later.Also during that time, my nephew who was a...

I hate feeling helpless because that means i have to seek help from others.i want to be independent..but i hate to be dependent on others
Maybe that's how I was raised Because I'm the youngest but I can't blame my family I can only blame myself
I feel weak and Pathetic ..asking...

Last year's Memorial Day weekend, my father beat my brother. He picked him up, threw him and proceeded to punch him, then hit him with a 2 x 4. I was in the living room with my stepbrother while this went on. I had no idea until my brother ran in hyperventilating, choking on...

until some one says a little thing, or you notice something which triggers a memory, one you'd rather forget. Then it's downhill, everything else little which you wouldn't have noticed otherwise becomes a huge problem.

At the moment I feel so helpless with this situation that is going on at the moment. I cannot leave the house without feeling that everyone is staring me and the only way for me to feel remotely happy is when I drunk. I am sick of feeling so helpless and constantly feel like I am...

Dear fellow humans , i am a british who has lived in africa for 30 years . my parents lived in east africa and moved the uk about 10 years ago . i lost my mother 3 years ago and since then life for me has never been the same . I had my small jewellery business in east...

but im working towards getting some of my independence . In may im gonna work towards getting my license .. then when i get my ssi im gonna get a car hopefully .
And i want to work towards goin to school , and hopefully one day going back to work .

Righty, my story starts with my best mate Matt and a girl called Sophie.
Matt has just come out of a long term relationship but he has been single for around 2 months and me and his other mates are encouraging him to try and move on a see other girls. Then he meets Sophie, a...

Feeling pretty helpless these days. I cant really explain why, not because I dont know, but because I just cant.
Someone very dear to me is facing some pretty tough times and there is just nothing I can do to protect them.

I hate the feeling of being helpless myself I have always done things on my own pretty much the way I grew up I had no choice but to learn how to take care of myself. I am feeling helpless now something happened to me recently and since then my life has not been the same and I...

It is one of the worst feelings in the world for me. My mama always told me if there is a will ,there is a way. I have a hard time being anything but strong. This time ,i made myself sick ..some situations that i charge ahead ,i have not been able to ,except from afar. Someone in...

I see their hurt when everyone else ignores it. Those quiet moments when I look at an aquaintence, and they think no-one is watching them and they look into space with this pained expression. When I catch a glimpse of the scars sliced on the popular girl's leg. When my mum takes...

and became close friends with an actress and her husband who were also holidaying at the same resort. They shared the same sort of humor and enjoyed doing the same sorts of things as us and for the duration of our stay the four of us became very close. There were cuddles and...

It wasn't clear. Until we got to the hospital.
About 3 days ago my grandmother slipped and fell in the bathroom. In her 80's, complaining about pain the hip area. Now, me being a kid, all I ever do is watch television. I've seen it before! I knew what it was; she had a...

having a stroke, was right after it happened...I was pretty much helpless...not something I ever felt before, and not a nice feeling...I went to rehab and struggled to regain control of my body and my life. I am eternally grateful for the staff in rehab, as they were kind and...

I was not meant to be "helpless". I was meant to be helpful to myself as I am (or can be) to others. I was meant to conquer everything on my own and win when something is against me. I'd be my own God if I could. I am my own island. I was meant to be content, alone and self...